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Morrison & Foerster has once again been recognized by Euromoney Legal Media Group in its annual Americas Women in Business Law awards series as a top firm. MoFo has earned a spot on the shortlist in the Gender Diversity, Diversity, Mentoring Programme, Work-life Balance, Women in Business Law, and Innovative international law firm categories, demonstrating the firm’s commitment to advancing gender diversity in the law.MoFo women attorneys have been shortlisted in numerous individual award categories, reflecting the excellence that our attorneys bring to their practices.Morrison & Foerster attorneys were shortlisted in the following categories:Practice Area Awards<ul><li>Financial Regulation Lawyer of the Year: Barbara Mendelson</li><li>Antitrust and Competition Lawyer of the Year: Bonnie Lau and Lisa Phelan</li><li>Labor & Employment Lawyer of the Year: Tritia Murata</li><li>Product Liability Lawyer of the Year: Erin Bosman</li><li>Technology Lawyer of the Year: Tessa Schwartz</li><li>White-Collar Crime Lawyer of the Year: Carrie Cohen</li></ul>Rising Star Awards<ul><li>Finance: Crystal Kaldjob</li><li>Litigation: Lauren Navarro</li></ul>View the <a href="https://awards.womeninbusinesslaw.com/Americas-shortlist#Firm-awards" target="_blank">full shortlist of nominees</a>.Morrison & Foerster has long championed the advancement of women within the legal profession, providing our clients with the best legal talent. Creating an inclusive culture that supports the growth and development of talented women lawyers is at the heart of our shared values and commitment. When our women succeed, we succeed as a firm.Learn more about <a href="/culture/women-of-mofo/">MoFo Women | Morrison & Foerster</a>.

Nine MoFo Lawyers Make Euromoney Women in Business Law 2021 Awards Shortlist

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Barbara Mendelson’s practice involves advising foreign and U.S. banks in a variety of complex regulatory matters, including sales and acquisitions of U.S. banking and nonbanking firms, Dodd-Frank Act issues, applications to federal and state bank regulators for expansion of activities and new products, Bank Secrecy Act and OFAC matters, and over-the-counter and exchange-based trading of various instruments and derivatives. She has represented foreign banks in their U.S. operations for more than 30 years. Barbara has also been instrumental in forming a number of commercial banks and other subsidiaries of foreign banks. In addition to her bank regulatory practice, Barbara works with sovereign entities and multilateral organizations with respect to the investment of their foreign currency reserves and other assets.Barbara has been recognized in the industry for her exceptional legal work, including being named by Crain’s New York Business as one of the <a href="https://www.crainsnewyork.com/awards/notable-women-law-2021" target="_blank">Notable Women in Law</a> in both its 2021 and 2019 editions, and in 2020 she was named “Compliance Lawyer of the Year” by C5’s Women in Compliance Awards. She has also been selected as Euromoney Legal Media Group's <a href="http://www.mofo.com/resources/news/200917-mofo-recognized-euromoney-diversity.html">2020 Banking and Finance Attorney of the Year</a>, and was awarded “Best in Financial Services” in 2019 and 2017. Barbara was also awarded the "Lawyer of the Year" designation by Best Lawyers in America (2019 and 2013) in the category of Financial Services Regulation Law (New York City). In addition, she has been recommended by Chambers USA, Chambers Global, Legal 500 US, IFLR1000, Best Lawyers in America, and Who’s Who Legal: Banking. In their 2023 guide, Who’s Who Legal listed Barbara as a “Thought Leader” in their Global Banking Regulation Review, which features the world’s foremost banking regulatory lawyers who have obtained the largest number of nominations from peers, corporate counsel, and other market sources.She is a member of the New York City Bar Association and the American Bar Association. Barbara also serves as president of the board of trustees of Big Brothers Big Sisters of New York City.

Barbara R. Mendelson

Partner

Bonnie Lau helps clients navigate internal and government antitrust investigations, enforcement proceedings, and class action litigation. Clients commend Bonnie as “absolutely outstanding; a practical, responsive and adept adviser” and “a fantastic lawyer, detail-oriented and able to handle complex matters with ease and good humor.” (Chambers USA, 2022.)Bonnie is the co-head of Morrison Foerster’s San Francisco litigation department. A dynamic trial lawyer, Bonnie has significant experience defending class actions, multidistrict litigations, and enforcement actions, and deftly handles international competition investigations and enforcement issues. She advises clients across a range of industries that face government scrutiny or allegations of anticompetitive conduct, including technology, manufacturing, media, telecommunications, healthcare, and financial services.Bonnie has tried several bench and jury trials to verdict, and recently served as lead trial counsel in an antitrust class action jury trial with over a billion dollars of exposure. She has represented companies in antitrust and related complex litigation involving claims of price-fixing, wage-fixing, no-poach conduct, output suppression, monopolization, refusal to deal, predatory pricing, and group boycott, and prosecuted antitrust counterclaims in patent infringement and IP matters. Bonnie has also represented clients in various complex litigation and alternative dispute resolution matters involving unfair competition, RICO, TCPA, and intellectual property claims.Bonnie has received numerous accolades for her legal work. She was most recently named as one of the “Top 100 Lawyers in California” and a “Top Antitrust Lawyer” by the Daily Journal in 2022, as well as an “Up and Coming” attorney for Antitrust – California by Chambers USA in 2022. She won the “Antitrust/Competition Lawyer of the Year” award at the Euromoney America’s Women in Business Law Awards in 2021.Bonnie devotes herself to promoting diversity and inclusion in the legal community, currently serving as co-chair of the Women’s Leadership Network for the National Asian Pacific American Bar Association, co-chair of the board of the ABA Antitrust Section’s Women Connected, and former chair of the Leadership Council for Legal Diversity Alumni. For her contributions, Bonnie was named to the National Association of Women Lawyers’ (NAWL) Rising List for 2022 and selected by Chambers Diversity and Inclusion as a 2022 finalist for “Lawyer of the Year.”<h4>Representative Matters</h4><ul><li>Defending a Japanese technology and manufacturing client in a consolidated class action litigation alleging federal and state antitrust and consumer protection claims and related Department of Justice Antitrust Division price-fixing conspiracy investigation and criminal proceedings. Managing parallel international class actions and coordinating defense of foreign regulatory antitrust investigations.</li><li>Defending the largest broadcast television station operator in the United States in a putative class action alleging price-fixing of television advertising in multiple markets nationwide.</li><li>Defending steel manufacturer and fabricator in monopolization, predatory pricing, unfair competition, and tortious interference federal and state claims.</li><li>Representing technology startup company in monopolization, refusal to deal, tortious interference, and unfair competition federal and state counterclaims.</li><li>Representing a major healthcare company in a criminal investigation.</li><li>Represented SoftBank and Sprint in federal civil litigation proceedings in California in connection with Sprint’s merger with T-Mobile.</li><li>Represented SoftBank and ARM in FTC proceedings in connection with Nvidia’s potential acquisition.</li><li>Won an en banc Eleventh Circuit decision affirming dismissal with prejudice of federal antitrust claims in a multidistrict litigation comprised of 24 individual and putative class action cases across the country that allege antitrust, RICO, and/or steering violations against over a hundred major automobile insurance carriers.</li><li>Won an appeal, defeated three separate attempts to certify a class, excluded expert methodology, and won complete summary judgment of individual claims in antitrust and unfair competition class action against a major automobile insurer, alleging a conspiracy to charge anticompetitive premiums to policyholders.</li><li>Prosecuted an antitrust counterclaim in a patent infringement lawsuit by a non-practicing entity. Following the trial of the patent infringement claims, and a post-judgment remittitur of the award, won complete victory in the Federal Circuit, which reversed the jury’s finding of infringement and vacated the award of damages.</li><li>Prosecuted a Walker Process antitrust counterclaim in a patent and intellectual property infringement lawsuit.</li></ul>

Bonnie Lau

<div class="videoWrapper"><iframe class="sticky-video" allowfullscreen="1" allow="autoplay; encrypted-media" frameborder="0" src="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/Q0TTyb7UVt4?rel=0" title="Lisa M. Phelan" title="iframe"></iframe></div>Lisa Phelan, former Chief of the National Criminal Enforcement and Washington Criminal I Sections of the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), is a partner and co-chair of Morrison Foerster’s Global Antitrust Law Practice Group and a member of the Investigations + White Collar Group. With more than 25 years of service at the DOJ as one of the leading authorities in criminal antitrust matters, Lisa draws upon her unmatched criminal investigations, litigation, and enforcement experience to guide clients through sensitive issues pertaining to domestic and international cartel actions and white-collar investigations and to rapidly assess and address their risk and total exposure to potential claims of unlawful collusion.Clients turn to Lisa for her knowledge and understanding when subpoenaed or when enforcement agencies execute a search warrant or stage a dawn raid. Few have the breadth of her experience to counsel and represent clients through each step of a cartel investigation, leniency application, plea negotiation, or criminal jury trial. Additionally, Lisa is an expert in the components of effective compliance programs and is an asset to clients in preventing antitrust problems before they arise. She has worked on complex antitrust matters across numerous major industries, including financial services, technology, aviation, automotive, shipping, paper, petroleum, chemicals, and pharmaceuticals, among others.As Chief of the National Criminal Enforcement and Washington Criminal I Sections of the Antitrust Division, Lisa supervised and coordinated all investigative and litigation work on international and national criminal cartel cases. Lisa regularly coordinated investigations and prosecutions with cartel enforcement agencies worldwide, including in the European Union, Japan, Mexico, Korea, the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, Chile, and Brazil, among others. Additionally, she often interfaced with other law enforcement units when investigations raised non-antitrust issues.Before Lisa was appointed Chief of National Criminal Enforcement, she served as a senior criminal litigator in the Antitrust Division, leading investigations and trials of multinational corporations and their executives for price-fixing and related crimes. Lisa prosecuted more than 300 federal criminal cases and led and oversaw dozens of jury trials throughout her tenure at the DOJ.Lisa has received numerous accolades throughout her career, including the Presidential Rank Award, awarded by President Obama in 2015, the Attorney General’s Distinguished Service Award, awarded by Attorney General Eric Holder in 2014; and, on multiple occasions, the Assistant Attorney General’s Outstanding Service Award, while serving as a lead trial attorney and a senior official at the DOJ.Law enforcement agencies and competition partners consult Lisa on best practices and policies in cartel enforcement and leniency programs. She has been frequently acknowledged for her insight and dexterity in the fields in which she practices. Recognitions include:<ul><li>“[Lisa’s] ability to distill information and come to solutions is amazing. We are lucky to be represented by her.” –Chambers USA, 2022 (Client Testimonial)</li><li>“[Lisa] is very knowledgeable on DOJ practices and policies.” –Chambers USA, 2022 (Client Testimonial)</li><li>“[Lisa] is excellent and gives well thought-out and practical advice.” –Chambers USA, 2021 (Client Testimonial)</li><li>“Lisa Phelan has three decades of experience as a DOJ attorney, including serving as Chief of the National Criminal Enforcement section of the Antitrust Division. She is prominent in the market and well-placed to advise clients on criminal cartel proceedings. Sources describe her as a 'fantastic lawyer,’ who ‘knows everything.’” –Chambers USA, 2020</li></ul>Lisa frequently speaks at American Bar Association (ABA), International Competition Network, International Bar Association, and various prominent white-collar crime conferences. She has been an active participant in ABA programs and activities for nearly three decades. Currently, she serves as co-chair of the Antitrust Section’s International Cartel Task Force, which regularly meets with competition agency heads from around the globe to provide thought leadership and to advise on competition law changes and practices, including leniency program criteria. She is also a leader on the Antitrust Section’s Influencer Task Force. Additionally, Lisa proposed and worked to establish the ABA Antitrust Section’s Women.Connected Committee.Lisa has long championed the advancement of women within the legal profession and in the Antitrust Bar in particular. Recognized by MLex as a “trailblazer” for women in antitrust, in recent years, she founded the “Women in Cartel” group, which has expanded its membership nationally and internationally. More than once, she has been named one of Global Competition Review’s Top “Women in Antitrust.” In addition, Lisa serves on the firm’s Women’s Strategy Committee, working closely with firm leaders to ensure that the advancement of women is a constant strategic priority. Lisa is a member of the Women’s White Collar Defense Association.Lisa received her J.D. magna cum laude from American University, Washington College of Law, where she served on the International Law Journal. She received her B.A. summa cum laude, also from American University. Lisa is an adjunct Professor at AU law school, teaching a seminar on Criminal Antitrust.<h4>Representative Experience</h4><ul><li>Represent a European executive indicted in the U.S. on a criminal Sherman Act charge of bid rigging on government contracts.</li><li>Represent a major national healthcare company investigated by DOJ’s Antitrust Division on allegations of criminal agreements not to hire or solicit employees from another major national healthcare company. Obtained a non-prosecution agreement from DOJ for the company and all of its executives.</li><li>Represent a large national health staffing company in multiple grand jury investigations around the U.S. for various alleged Sherman Act criminal violations. Obtained non-prosecution commitment from DOJ for the company and its executives in all matters.</li><li>Represent a major Japanese component parts maker subject to a grand jury investigation by DOJ. Obtained a non-prosecution decision for the company and its executives.</li><li>Represent a large national media company in meetings with DOJ regarding possible anticompetitive conduct.</li><li>Represent a major prescription services company under investigation by the FTC for possible monopolization and abuse of dominance violations.</li><li>Represent an oil and gas industry company under grand jury investigation by the Antitrust Division and obtained a non-prosecution decision from DOJ.</li><li>Represent numerous CEOs and high-level executives in numerous criminal antitrust grand jury investigations.</li></ul>

Lisa M. Phelan

Co-chair Global Antitrust Law Practice Group

Tritia Murata co-chairs Morrison Foerster’s Global Employment & Labor Group and co-leads the firm’s wage-and-hour class action practice. She defends businesses against complex employment lawsuits, including putative class actions, Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA) actions, and Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) collective actions.  Tritia is a skilled litigator known for her ability to develop innovative strategies to win cases. In particular, clients turn to Tritia for her extensive class action expertise and impressive track record of defeating class certification and otherwise shutting down high-exposure class and PAGA actions. Tritia’s litigation experience also includes representing employers in actions alleging discrimination, harassment, retaliation, wrongful termination, trade secrets misappropriation, employee and customer raiding, unfair competition, and other employment-related claims.Tritia has notched victories on behalf of leading clients spanning various industries, including retail, supply chain, technology, financial services, restaurant, and healthcare. She led the team that secured a complete defense win for a retail grocery client in a seminal PAGA suitable seating trial, which was upheld on appeal in a published decision. She and her team also obtained the first published California appellate decision recognizing that courts have the inherent authority to strike unmanageable PAGA claims. Tritia has disposed of cases at the pleadings stage and on dispositive motions, defeated class certification, negotiated walkaways and nuisance value individual settlements, won at trial, and protected trial court wins on appeal. Tritia has also helped clients strategically manage significant complex employment litigation portfolios.Tritia is devoted to her clients and dedicated to delivering them superior results. She understands that there is not a “one-size-fits-all" approach to successfully litigating complex actions. Every case is different, and every business is different. Tritia invests time to understand her clients’ businesses, priorities, and goals, and she leverages her deep substantive knowledge and subject matter expertise to develop and execute roadmaps to achieve successful outcomes.Outside of the courtroom, Tritia provides clients with practical, business-minded advice regarding various labor and employment law issues, including employee discipline and termination decisions, employment discrimination and harassment complaints, wage-and-hour compliance, employment policies and procedures, trade secrets and employee mobility concerns, and employee disputes and pre-litigation demands. Drawing on her experience as a litigator, Tritia evaluates her clients’ employment-related concerns and works with clients to tailor solutions that limit risk while achieving their business goals.Tritia’s landmark victories and skill as an employment litigator have earned repeated recognition. Law360 named Tritia an “<a href="https://media2.mofo.com/documents/201007-mvp-tritia-murata.pdf" target="_blank">Employment MVP</a>” in 2020, after she led her team to a seminal PAGA trial win in a suitable seating action. From 2020 through 2022, Tritia was honored as a Top Labor and Employment Lawyer by the Los Angeles Daily Journal and as a “Trailblazer” in employment law and litigation by the National Law Journal. In 2021, the Los Angeles Business Journal recognized Tritia as a Minority Leader of Influence, and she was shortlisted for the Euromoney Women in Business Law Awards in the Labour & Employment category.In 2018, Euromoney shortlisted Tritia as one of eight “Rising Stars” in labor and employment law. The Recorder previously named her to its “Lawyers on the Fast Track” list, which recognizes 50 attorneys in California whose early career accomplishments indicate that they will be tomorrow’s top lawyers and leaders. Tritia was selected by the National Diversity Council and California Diversity Council to receive a “2015 California Most Powerful and Influential Woman Award,” which recognizes and honors women who have not only achieved personal success but have made it possible for others to more easily follow in their footsteps.Tritia is committed to advancing diversity, equity, and inclusion at the firm and in the legal profession. Tritia serves as co-chair of the firm’s Women’s Strategy Committee (WSC) and has been a member of the WSC for more than a decade. She is also a member of the firm’s Diversity Strategy Committee and is the founder and partner sponsor of the Los Angeles office’s Working Parents Affinity Group. Morrison Foerster selected Tritia as its Leadership Council on Legal Diversity (LCLD) Fellow for 2015. Tritia serves on the board of the <a href="https://law.ucla.edu/alumni-giving/ways-connect/ucla-law-women-lead" target="_blank">UCLA Law Women LEAD alumnae network</a> and is an inaugural member of the steering committee of the <a href="https://jtb.org/summer-legal-institute/" target="_blank">Just the Beginning (JTB) Summer Legal Institute</a> in Los Angeles, a pipeline program dedicated to developing and nurturing interest in the law among young persons from socioeconomic, ethnic, and cultural backgrounds underrepresented in the legal profession. She is a recipient of the State Bar of California’s Wiley W. Manuel Award for pro bono service.Tritia received her J.D. from the University of California at Los Angeles School of Law in 2004, where she was an articles editor of the UCLA Law Review. She received her B.S. in 2001 from the University of California, Los Angeles, where she double-majored in mathematics and English and was a Regents Scholar.

Tritia M. Murata

Erin Bosman is co-chair of MoFo’s Class Actions and Mass Torts Practice Group and is a founder and co-head of the Artificial Intelligence Group. Clients value her business strategy, seeking her comprehensive counsel throughout the product life cycle, especially in high-stakes litigation and product recalls.Erin's clients value her litigation acumen, retaining her as national coordinating and trial counsel in class action cases and multijurisdictional and multidistrict proceedings. She navigates complex business relationships and serves as a defense liaison counsel in cases where multiple defendants have conflicting defenses. A skilled negotiator, Erin has a long track record of securing dismissals and favorable settlements for her clients. When trial is needed, her compelling courtroom skills have delivered successful jury verdicts and appellate victories.Outside the courtroom, Erin maintains a robust advisement practice, drawing on her litigation experience to counsel clients on product development, risk assessments, product labeling, and risk mitigation strategies to help them avoid and defeat product liability claims. When necessary, Erin advises on crisis management and guides clients through product recalls, representing clients before the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC).Erin is a problem-solver through and through. In that role, she advises clients on some of their most difficult product questions, with particular focus on emerging technologies in untested regulatory and litigation landscapes. She is a leader in the fields of wearables and digital health, medical device and pharmaceuticals, and consumer products. Erin counsels clients that have innovative products in the technology and artificial intelligence sector. In addition to her knowledge and experience in the AI space, Erin has also advised clients working with autonomous vehicles, sensors, robotics, and IoT.Erin has received numerous accolades for her legal work, including by the Daily Journal, Chambers USA, and The Legal 500 US, where market commentators praised her as “an exceptional strategist with highly effective negotiation skills” who “has the respect and admiration of her team and her clients.” She was recently shortlisted for “Product Liability Lawyer of the Year” in 2023, after receiving the award at the 2021 and 2022 Euromoney America’s Women in Business Law Awards, honoring high-achieving female lawyers and progressive law firms. She was also named as a 2020 and 2021 “Top Healthcare Lawyer” by the Daily Journal, honoring her as a leading California lawyer who specializes in healthcare litigation, transactions, and counseling. Erin was also short listed in the Financial Times’ North American Innovative Lawyers Awards 2020 and 2021 in the Most Innovative Legal Practitioner category for her expertise in solving clients’ problems.Erin is a member of the Product Liability Advisory Council (PLAC), a member of the editorial board for Product Liability Law 360, and a former editor of and frequent contributor to MoFo’s <a target="_blank" href="http://classdismissed.mofo.com/">Class Dismissed</a> blog.<h5>More About Erin</h5>In 1997, Erin was a judicial extern for the Honorable James F. Stiven, U.S. Magistrate Judge, Southern District of California. In 1999, she received her J.D. magna cum laude and Order of the Coif from the University of San Diego School of Law. During law school, she was an editor of the San Diego Law Review.

Erin Bosman

Tessa Schwartz has an active practice counseling companies on intellectual property issues, and negotiating complex intellectual property and commercial agreements. She advises on a range of strategic transactions, including key patent licenses and acquisitions, technology procurement agreements, and complex development, collaboration, joint-venture and distribution deals. Tessa also regularly advises companies on the IP aspects of their M&A transactions.In addition to maintaining an active practice and working with clients on a daily basis, Tessa currently serves as Co-Chair of the firm’s Transactions Department.Tessa advises clients primarily in technology and data intensive sectors, representing artificial intelligence (AI), robotics, machine learning, software, SaaS, cloud computing, hardware, consumer electronics and products, social media, Internet, mobility and wireless, e-commerce, advertising, healthcare, fintech, transportation, semiconductor, and other companies. Tessa’s M&A experience includes advising Autodesk, BlackBerry, Fortive, Honeywell, Salesforce, Uber, Unilever, Unity, Walmart, and others on the IP aspects of strategic transactions. Tessa provides clients with prelitigation and litigation advice. She frequently advises executives and senior management on strategic business, legal and commercial issues, including the structuring of transactions, risk management and contract compliance. She also counsels clients with respect to a wide variety of IP issues, including patent exhaustion and implied licenses, standing and standards, the protection of data and other trade secrets and the development and distribution of open-source software.In addition to her transactional expertise, Tessa’s litigation background includes representing clients in arbitration, as well as in state and federal courts in such areas as antitrust, false advertising, unfair competition, breach of contract, securities, trademark, copyright and trade secret law. Her litigation experience includes complex, multidistrict and class action litigation, as well as appellate advocacy.Tessa has been ranked in Chambers and Legal 500, with clients describing her as, “one of the best attorneys I've ever worked with.” Tessa has been recognized by Chambers USA 2022 as being highly experienced in the field of technology and intellectual property transactions. Clients have commented on Tessa as having "...the ability to translate complex topics into what's necessary to get a deal done. She does a good job of making our technology accessible”. Further, Tessa "ticks all of the essential boxes, timely, efficient, knowledgeable and helpful, but she really stands out by taking time to learn our business and our products so she can give practical and actionable advice. Tessa helps us focus on key issues and balance risks to make choices."Tessa’s pro bono efforts have included work for The Biomimicry Institute, Goodwill, Common Sense Media, Business for Social Responsibility, The World Wildlife Fund, Build Change and the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB). She also provides IP advice to a variety of cultural, media and arts organizations; and other assistance for nonprofits. She recently received the Wiley W. Manuel Award for Pro Bono Legal Services from the State Bar of California.Tessa received her B.A. magna cum laude from Harvard College in 1991. In 1996, she earned her J.D. from the University of California at Los Angeles, where she was elected to the Order of the Coif.Tessa served as global managing partner of Morrison Foerster from 2016 to 2022 and previously served as co-chair of the firm’s Technology Transactions Group.

Tessa Schwartz

Carrie H. Cohen is global co-chair of the Investigations + White Collar Defense practice group as well as co-chair of the firm’s State + Local Government Enforcement team and Workplace Misconduct Investigations Task Force. Prior to joining the firm, Carrie served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the Southern District of New York (SDNY) and as Chief of the Public Integrity Bureau of the New York State Attorney General’s Office.As a former federal and state prosecutor, Carrie routinely advises and represents corporations, boards, and c-suite executives in government-facing investigative and regulatory matters with a particular focus on state and local government matters. Carrie’s extensive trial experience and distinguished record of success in high‑stakes, white collar defense and securities matters cement her position as a leading lawyer in these practice areas, and she is often called upon as trial counsel for particularly sensitive matters. Carrie’s trial and white collar expertise have been recognized by a variety of organizations including Chambers USA, which describes her as “. . . a terrific trial lawyer with great judgment and timing, [who] knows how to present complex cases in a digestible way.” Carrie also routinely prepares clients who are called to testify before Congress and state and city legislatures and works on matters that involve multijurisdictional investigations and significant media attention.While serving in the SDNY, Carrie investigated and tried public corruption, investment fraud, and securities cases, including obtaining the first convictions of former New York State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver. She also served as Chief of the Public Integrity Unit in the Criminal Division in the New York State Attorney General’s Office and as an Assistant Attorney General in the Civil Rights Bureau, where she received the Louis J. Lefkowitz Memorial Award for outstanding service.Carrie is a recognized industry expert in public corruption and state and local government actions. Carrie is an Adjunct Professor at the University of Pennsylvania Law School, where she teaches a seminar on Public Corruption and the Law. Among other appointments, Carrie has served and presented written public reports as Special Counsel to the New York City Council, Special Independent Counsel to the City of Rochester, and Counsel to the California Department of Justice as well as being part of the Monitorship team appointed by the U.S. Department of Justice for the global Odebrecht corruption matter. She also was appointed by Governor Kathy Hochul to the Metropolitan Transit Authority Inspector General’s Board and now serves as its Acting Chair as well as having been appointed by the Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York as Counsel to the Court’s Grievance Committee.Carrie serves on multiple bar committees and task forces as part of her effort to promote the public interest through criminal justice reform. She was appointed Chair of the New York State Bar Association’s Task Force on Domestic Terrorism and Hate Crimes, whose report was adopted by the House of Delegates in June 2020 and as a member of the New York State Bar Association’s Task Force on Racial Injustice and Police Reform and Task Force on Wrongful Convictions. As a leader of the bar, Carrie serves as a Vice President and Trustee of the Federal Bar Council and Treasurer of its Inn of Court and was appointed to the Federal-State Judicial Advisory Council as well as prior service as a Vice President of the New York City Bar, Chair of its Executive Committee, and member of its Nominating Committee. Carrie also is a member of the Board of Directors of Volunteers of Legal Service, an organization that provides pro bono legal services to the New York community.Carrie has long been dedicated to advancing women in the legal profession, both in the United States and globally. She co-chairs Morrison & Foerster’s Women’s Strategy Committee, a group that works with firm leaders to ensure the advancement of women remains a strategic priority, and serves as a member of the New York City Bar’s Cyrus R. Vance Center for International Justice, where she spearheads a professional development program for women lawyers in Latin America and South Africa.Carrie co-authored the acclaimed New York State Bar Association report adopted by the American Bar Association “If Not Now, When? Achieving Equality for Women Attorneys in the Courtroom and in ADR” and the follow-up report adopted by the House of Delegates “The Time is Now: Achieving Equality for Women Attorneys in the Courtroom and in ADR.” She serves on the Steering Committee of the When There Are Nine Scholarship Project, which she founded with other alumnae from the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York to honor the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg by providing law school scholarships and mentorship to the next generation of women leaders.<h4>Representative Matters</h4><ul><li>Public Corruption/Government Representation. Represent elected and appointed public officials, public entities, and individuals doing business with the government in a variety of public corruption-related matters with a focus on public-facing reports.<ul><li>Special Independent Counsel to the New York City Council related to investigations of certain Council Members for misconduct and corruption.</li><li>Special Counsel to the MTA related to an examination of time, attendance, and overtime, which included presenting a public report to the MTA Board.</li><li>Representation of the California Department of Justice’s Office of the Attorney General in leading and conducting an independent review of its public release of confidential personal information associated with firearms permit holders and applicants, which included the preparation and release of a public report.</li><li>Trial counsel for Rochester Mayor Lovely Warren for campaign finance charges; Hon. John A. Michalek for public corruption offenses; Hon. Sylvia Ash for obstruction of justice charges.</li></ul></li><li>Financial Institutions/Securities Matters. Represent banks and other financial institutions in investigations of regulatory and consumer-related matters. Represent corporations and individuals in a variety of criminal investigations and regulatory matters involving federal and state securities laws.</li><li>FCPA. Represent corporations in FCPA investigations. Service on the DOJ-appointed Monitorship team in the criminal prosecution of Odebrecht.</li><li>Workplace Misconduct. Conduct investigations for corporations and boards related to workplace misconduct and #MeToo issues and provide related advocacy and legal advice.</li><li>Cybersecurity. Conduct investigations of cybersecurity incidents and represent companies in related government and regulatory matters concerning disclosure of data breaches, theft of intellectual property, and other issues.</li><li>RICO/Civil Fraud/Commercial Litigation. Represent a wide variety of public and private corporations in civil fraud, RICO, and commercial litigation including at trial. Represent UPS at trial in SDNY case brought by the New York State Attorney General’s Office and the City of New York alleging illegal transportation of untaxed cigarettes.</li></ul>

Carrie H. Cohen

Crystal N. Kaldjob is co-lead of our Fintech practice and a partner in the Financial Services Group of Morrison & Foerster’s Washington, D.C. office.Crystal’s practice focuses on advising financial services clients on a wide range of issues in regulatory and transactional contexts. Crystal provides practical, solution-oriented regulatory and transactional assistance to merchants, emerging companies, fintech companies, banks and other financial institutions on strategic partnerships, including structuring and negotiating private label, co-brand credit card and point-of-sale financing partnerships, marketplace lending arrangements, asset purchases, and loan portfolio sales and acquisitions. Her regulatory experience involves advising financial institutions, fintech companies and merchants on compliance with consumer and retail banking laws, including laws related to the offering and operation of consumer credit, payments and financial products and services.﻿Prior to joining Morrison Foerster, Crystal worked as a financial services associate at an international law firm where she focused on transactional matters involving strategic partnerships and payments systems, as well as counseling bank and non-bank clients on state and federal banking laws.<h4>Representative Experience</h4><h5>Strategic Partnerships</h5><ul><li>Represent emerging companies, retailers and other merchants in the negotiation of private label and co-brand credit card agreements, and advise on designing and implementing loyalty programs.</li><li>Represent several financial institutions on sale of credit card portfolios in staged transactions, involving sale of portfolio and negotiations of credit card program agreements.</li><li>Represent airlines and other T&E companies in the negotiation of their payments strategic partnerships, including domestic and international co-brand credit card, card acceptance agreements and fintech partnerships agreements.</li><li>Represent a national bank in the negotiation of credit card processing agreement with merchant processor.</li><li>Represent a retailer in the negotiation of payment processing agreement for its online marketplace.</li></ul><h5>FinTech</h5><ul><li>Advise fintech and other emerging companies on financial products and services structuring, bank sponsorship arrangements, and payment processing services.</li><li>Advise payment facilitator on the launch of a checking account alternative product for its commercial customers.</li><li>Advise payment facilitator in the negotiation of a partnership with a bank for a commercial loan and commercial credit card offering.</li><li>Represent several merchants in the negotiation of “buy-now-pay-later” financing offerings.</li><li>Counsel a national bank on structuring and regulatory considerations of bank partnership model.</li><li>Counsel a marketplace and online lenders regarding regulatory compliance with consumer financial services laws, including state licensing and federal consumer protection laws.</li></ul>

Crystal N. Kaldjob

Lauren Navarro is a partner in the firm’s Investigations + White-Collar Defense, FCPA + Global Anti-Corruption, and Global Ethics + Compliance practices.Lauren’s practice focuses on complex white-collar criminal matters, including defending clients facing U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) enforcement proceedings and conducting internal investigations. Lauren also regularly advises clients on compliance issues, including anti-corruption policies and procedures, global risk assessments, training, third-party due diligence, and compliance program benchmarking exercises resulting in the development of effective, risk-based compliance programs. Lauren also has experience in-house after being seconded as an investigator in the Global Ethics & Integrity group at Salesforce.Lauren has also worked on commercial litigation matters and has experience taking and defending depositions, drafting discovery-related pleadings and motions, and managing document reviews and productions. In addition, Lauren is an active member of the firm’s pro bono practice.Lauren received her J.D. with pro bono distinction from Stanford Law School, where she was an advanced clinical student in the Stanford Community Law Clinic. While at Stanford, she was also an associate editor of the Stanford Journal of Law, Business and Finance, and the co-vice president of community service and social justice for the Women of Stanford Law. She received her B.A. cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa in international development studies, with a minor in political science, from the University of California, Los Angeles.While in law school, Lauren was a legal intern for the U.S. Attorney’s Office in the Southern District of New York.<h4>Representative Experience</h4><h5>Monitorships</h5><ul><li>DOJ FCPA Monitorship. Worked on the U.S. Monitorship Team for the DOJ-appointed independent corporate compliance monitor for a large South American company in the wake of a multijurisdictional resolution of one of the largest bribery schemes in history.</li></ul><h5>Investigations</h5><ul><li>Government-Facing Investigation. Assisting international consulting firm related to its work for opioid manufacturers, which involves complex, multidimensional work involving state attorneys general, DOJ, and congressional investigations, as well as more than 140 civil lawsuits that are now in a Multi-District Litigation.</li><li>FCPA Investigation in Mexico. Assisted a privately held, U.S.-based company with a government-facing FCPA investigation involving conduct in Mexico.</li><li>Internal Investigations in Puerto Rico and Korea. Assisted a publicly traded U.S. company with two internal investigations, one involving potential FCPA allegations in Puerto Rico and another related to potential kickbacks in Korea.</li><li>Government-Facing Investigation. Assisted a leading U.S.-company in a government-facing inquiry related to conduct in the Middle East.</li><li>FCPA Investigation in South Africa. Assisted a leading U.S. company in a high-profile, multijurisdictional, government-facing bribery investigation in Africa.</li><li>Internal FCPA Investigation in Latin America. Assisted a publicly traded software company with an internal investigation involving conduct in its Latin American operations.</li></ul><h5>Compliance Program Reviews, Risk Assessments, and Post-merger Integration Counseling</h5><ul><li>Compliance Program Review and Enhancement. Assisted a multinational technology company in conducting a risk assessment across the company’s compliance and training programs relating to anti-bribery and corruption, antitrust, anti-money laundering, data privacy and cybersecurity, sanctions, and export controls to recommend potential enhancements, which we are now implementing.</li><li>Post-merger Integration Counseling. Provided compliance advice and post-merger integration counseling associated with a pending acquisition for an American conglomerate.</li><li>Policy Refresh. Assisted a privately held, U.S.-based corporation with a comprehensive review and refresh of its suite of compliance policies in advance of the company’s forthcoming IPO.</li><li>Global Risk Assessment and Program Review. Assisted a Fortune 500 company with significant operations in the U.S. and abroad with a global compliance program review and continue to work closely with the client on implementation of remedial measures and recommendations from the assessment.</li><li>Global Risk Assessment. Assisted a technology company with significant international operations in conducting an anti-corruption risk assessment to evaluate risk across subject areas and across jurisdictions.</li><li>Compliance Program Review. Assisted a UK-based technology company with a comprehensive compliance program review and benchmarking analysis and drafted new policies and procedures for the company in connection with the review.</li></ul>